The documentary One to One: John & Yoko gives a rare inside look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first year in New York City in the early 1970s.
Norica P.
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‘Happy Birthday,’ ‘Jimmy & The Demons’,Nuremberg, Rental Family Win Awards at 34th Heartland International Film Festival
courtesy (Heartland International Film Festival) Egypt’s Oscar entry Happy Birthday, directed by Sarah Goher, has won the Narrative Feature Grand Prize at the 34th Heartland International Film Festival.
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Filmmaker Ondi Timoner to Receive Golden Key Award for Excellence at Key West Film Festival
Ondi Timoner (courtesy Key West Film Festival) Miami born filmmaker Ondi Timoner will receive the Golden Key Award for Excellence In Documentary Filmmaking at this year’s Key West Film Festival.
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23rd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival Reveals Lineup with Jay Kelly, Blue Moon, The Secret Agent
Margaret Qualley, Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon (Sabrina Lantos / Sony Pictures Classics) Over 100 independent films have been selected to screen at the 23rd New Hampshire Film Festival taking place October 16–19, 2025 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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33rd Hamptons International Film Festival to Close with Premiere of Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along directed by Maria Friedman The 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Maria Friedman’s Merrily We Roll Along starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez. .
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‘Dirty Dancing’ Headlines 2nd Borscht Belt Film Fest in Catskills
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing The Catskills Borscht Belt Museum unveiled the curated lineup of films presented at the 2nd annual Borscht Belt Film Fest, taking place October 31 – November 2, 2025 in Ellenville.
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Eternity, ‘Song Sung Blue’ and ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Headline 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Eternity (A24), Song Sung Blue (Focus Features), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) The 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival (presented by Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD)) will open on Saturday, October 25 with Eternity directed by David Freyne.
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Lebanon Selects ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’ for Oscar for Best International Feature Film
Lebanon has picked A Sad and Beautiful World (Arabic: نجوم الأمل و الألم), written and directed by Cyril Aris, as its Oscars entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
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‘WHO WE ARE NOW’ ‘THE SENTENCE’ ‘THE GUILTY’ Win 2018 Montclair Film Festival Audience Awards
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Montclair Film Festival announced the winners of the festival’s 2018 Audience Awards, presented by Investors Bank. Screenings were balloted throughout the festival across four categories: Fiction Feature, Documentary Feature, World Cinema, and Short Film.
Who We Are Now directed by Matthew Newton, was awarded the festival’s Fiction Feature Audience Award.
The Sentence directed by Rudy Valdez took home the Audience Award for Documentary Feature.
The Guilty directed by Gustav Möller won the World Cinema Audience Award.
The Driver is Red directed by Randall Christopher, winning the Audience Award for Short Film.
“Our Audience Awards winners represent the power of storytelling to build connection and foster conversation around the art of filmmaking” said Tom Hall, Montclair Film executive director. “We are grateful to our wonderful audiences for their thoughtful engagement with all of our filmmakers and their films.”
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 Award Winners – ALL SQUARE Wins Best Film
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The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) wrapped up its eight day run with the Southern California Premiere of All Square starring Josh Lucas, Michael Kelly, Pamela Adlon, Tom Everett Scott, Jay Larson and Andrew Sikking. At the awards ceremony, All Square won the award for Best Film, along with Best Actor for Michael Kelly.
The Newport Beach Film Festival screened over 350 films, representing 50 countries, that competed for Jury, Festival Honors and Audience Awards.
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL HONORS AWARDS
Artists of Distinction: Jessica Pare A Canadian actress and singer, Jessica Pare made her Hollywood debut in Wicker Park and is known for her role on the AMC series Mad Men. Films she has starred in have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Icon: Paco Delgado Paco was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain and has worked on films such as A Wrinkle In Time, Les Miserables, and The Danish Girl. He has been nominated for Academy Awards, and won the CDG award for his work in The Danish Girl. Breakout: Nadine Haders Nadine Haders is a costume designer known best for her work in the film Get Out. Previously, she had worked primarily in television costume design. Other films include Pay it Forward, The X-Files. Newcomer: Joe Sill New to the industry, Joe’s career jump started with the commercial Tesla – Modern Spaceship which he wrote, produced and directed. The commercial caught the attention of Elon Musk and many advertising agencies. He recently completed production on his first feature film Stray.2018 AUDIENCE AWARDS:
FEATURE NARRATIVE FILM Ride FOREIGN FILM The Drummer and the Keeper DOCUMENTARY Pick of the Litter ACTION SPORTS Time Well Spent ART, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future CULINARY Cuban Food Stories ENVIRONMENTAL The Human Element FAMILY A Boy Called Sailboat MUSIC Up to Snuff SHORT DOCUMENTARY Aloha Aina Warrior SHORT NARRATIVE The Day of Matthew Montgomery2018 JURY AWARDS
BEST FILM All Square BEST ACTOR Michael Kelly – All Square BEST ACTRESS Rusty Schwimmer – Wild Honey BEST DIRECTOR Frank Berry – Michael Inside BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Tom Comerford – Michael Inside BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HONORABLE MENTION Rust BEST DOCUMENTARY Forever “B“ BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION Minding the Gap BEST SCREENWRITER Timothy Brady – All SquareSHORT FILMS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM DeKalb Elementary BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM The Bare Knuckle Carer BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM My Father’s Room BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: HONORABLE MENTION Garden Party BEST MUSIC VIDEO Cold Little Heart2018 FESTIVAL HONORS:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DIRECTING Shana Feste, Boundaries OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ACTING Maika Monroe, Shotgun OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ACTING Finn Wittrock, Locating Silver Lake OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE Shane Graham, Ride OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: SCREENWRITING Will Elliott, Kirk C. Johnson, Nicholas Rutherford, Robert Schwartzman – The Unicorn OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FOREIGN FILM The Best of All Worlds OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: CINEMATOGRAPHY PRESENTED by ZEISS Hunting Lands OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: EDITING Juveniles OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: NARRATIVE FILM Meerkat Moonship (Maantuig) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: NARRATIVE FILM The Mad Whale OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY FILM Social Animals OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY FILM Kiss the Joy: The Story of Joan Lind Van BlomSHORT FILMS:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: SHORT Homeless OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FOREIGN SHORT FILM Voice (KOE) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ANIMATED SHORT FILM Departure OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE The Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler – André Hennicke as Mr. Mahler OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Girl and The Picture OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT Fisk “Untitled Portrait” OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT Land of the Wind (Tierra del Viento) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FAMILY FILM SHORT Bullies OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FAMILY FILM SHORT (FOREIGN) Earthy Encounters Encounters (UK)